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Judicial Leadership Suffers When Judges Pretend To Be Perfect : CJI Surya Kant
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday underscored that “judicial leadership suffers when judges pretend to be perfect,” urging members of the global judicial community to embrace humility and continuous learning as foundational principles of judicial office.Delivering special remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Biennial Meeting of Commonwealth Judicial Educators in New...
'Demoralising': Allahabad HC Judge Requests Removal From Bail Roster Following Supreme Court's Criticism Of His Order
Allahabad High Court judge Justice Pankaj Bhatia today passed an order requesting the Chief Justice NOT to assign him the Bail Roster in future. The move comes just 4 days after the Supreme Court termed one of his bail orders (in a Dowry Death case) as "Most Shocking & Disappointing".While releasing a second bail plea filed by a Murder accused from his roster, Justice Bhatiya requested...
Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Consider Plea Seeking Mandatory Disclosure Of Cryptocurrencies By Election Candidates
The Delhi High Court has asked the Union Government to decide a plea seeking mandatory disclosure of cryptocurrencies and other virtual digital assets by election candidates in their nomination affidavits.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the Centre to take an informed decision as expeditiously as possible, within six months.The Court closed...
Madras High Court Upholds Conviction Of Pastor For Sexually Assaulting Disabled Minor
The Madras High Court recently upheld the conviction of a pastor for sexually assaulting a minor who had physical and intellectual disability. The bench of Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan and Justice R Poornima held that the circumstances, the testimony of victim, and failure of the accused to rebut the statutory presumption established his guilt. The court was hearing an appeal filed by a...
Beyond Regionalism: A Case For Multiple Campus NLU In Jammu And Kashmir
A National Law doesn't belong to any region but to the Students and constitution itself.The debate over the location of the National Law University (NLU) of Jammu and Kashmir has regrettably degenerated into a regional contest between the Kashmir and Jammu provinces, reducing an institution of national importance to a matter of regional pride. A National Law University is not an asset to be claimed by any one region; it is an institution of legal expertise that must be structured in accordance...
Extra-Judicial Panchayat Confession Is No Evidence Against Co-Accused Unless Strictly Proved & Corroborated: J&K&L High Court
Reinforcing a core principle of criminal jurisprudence that a confession not recorded before a Magistrate has no substantive evidentiary value and cannot, by itself, be used to convict a co-accused, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a criminal appeal against acquittal, holding that an alleged Panchayat confession being exculpatory, unproved, and uncorroborated...
Manipur Violence| Supreme Court Seeks CBI's Status Report On Sexual Violence Cases; Proposes To Ask HC To Monitor Trials
In the matter relating to the sexual violence cases during the Manipur crisis, the Supreme Court today sought the status report from the CBI on the investigation so far. The Court also hinted at the possibility of re-assigning the case monitoring task from the Justice Gita Mittal Committee to the Manipur High Court. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing the issue...
District Cricket Associations Must Voluntarily Adopt Good Governance, Not Bound By BCCI Constitution : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 13) encouraged district cricket associations to voluntarily adopt principles of good governance, including transparency in player selection, professionalism in administration, and elimination of conflicts of interest. “it is open, rather necessary, for the State Association to initiate reforms to ensure that District Associations operate as...